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Rockwell council hears proposal to migrate city website to Neapolitan Labs with $6,000 setup and $1,000 annual fee
Summary
A presenter outlined a plan to move the city’s website from Webwise to Neapolitan Labs, describing a $6,000 one-time development cost and a $1,000 annual hosting fee and offering to maintain the site at no cost if staff provide content by email.
At a council meeting, a presenter recommended migrating Rockwell’s municipal website to Neapolitan Labs, a Des Moines–based firm, saying the platform would be easier to update and mobile friendly. “I have no vested interest in this company at all,” the presenter said, adding they would volunteer to maintain the site if staff emailed agendas, minutes and other content.
The presenter described features the city could gain: searchable ordinances and agendas instead of a single PDF, a calendar and FAQ pages, prominent emergency banners and integration with the city’s YouTube channel so videos and minutes would be accessible from the same pages. He said the firm would migrate existing content by year and offer a demo for council review.
On costs, the presenter proposed a negotiated one-time development fee of $6,000 (described during the presentation as roughly $5,000 for design and migration plus other setup) and an ongoing annual license and hosting fee of $1,000. He told the council the migration could be accelerated and could go live before the first of the year if the council chose to proceed.
Council members asked about security and accessibility. The presenter said recorded meetings would remain hosted on YouTube and that the city would rely on YouTube’s infrastructure for video hosting; he noted prior ADA and privacy work had required additional remediation costs on other sites. The presenter said the platform supports user roles and multifactor authentication for staff access.
No formal vote on the contract was held at the meeting. Council members asked staff to review the proposal and its budget implications before bringing a purchase or contract to a future meeting.
